This is all meetings of Economy and Fair Work Committee held in 2025. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

13th Meeting

22 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
2. Choice of Deputy Convener
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
3. # Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government

10th Meeting

15 December

1. Brussels Bulletin
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Abby Watson
• Chief Constable Abby Nguyen
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Women's Aid
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2. Decision on taking business in private
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
3. Testing December 8 (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Lord Abby Mckinney
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Turner
  Full-Stack Developer
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Abby Watson
• Chief Constable Abby Nguyen
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Women's Aid
• Professor Abigail Austin
  Financial Adviser
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
• Professor Adrian Hunter
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Abby Watson
• Professor Abigail Austin
  Financial Adviser
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise

72nd Meeting

14 November

1. Legacy paper (in private)
2. Declaration of interests
3. Subordinate legislation

4th Meeting

28 October

1. Education (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
• Lord Andrea Barnett
  Public Works Manager
  NHS Scotland
• Ailsa Garland
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Andrea Wheeler
  Scottish Sports Association
• Lord Andrea Snyder
  UK Government
2. Annual report
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• Lord Adrian Parker
  Legal Aid Negotiating Team, Law Society of Scotland
• Afrika Priestley
  Lead Anti-Racist and Pro Black Ambassador
  Intercultural Youth Scotland
• Chief Constable Alex Hansen
  Attorney
  PCS Union
• Alexander Obrien
  University of Edinburgh
• Alex Harrison
  Director
  Ofcom
and then from:
• Lord Alison Ryan
  Grant Officer
  Law Society of Scotland
• Professor Alice Ruiz
  Police Scotland
• Lord Alice Jimenez
  Researcher
3. Special edition of the Brussels Bulletin
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• Chief Constable Alex Taylor
  Chemical Engineer
  Lews Castle College
• Chief Constable Albert Alexander
  Resource Developer
  HM Treasury
• Professor Alfredo Terry
  Resource Developer
  Edinburgh College
• Lord Alfred Murphy
  Public Works Manager
  Scottish Youth Parliament
• Alison Cumming
  Executive Director, Performance Audit and Best Value
  Audit Scotland
• Lord Alexandra Gregory
  Volunteer
  UK Government
• Allan Beck
  Policy Developer
  Girlguiding Scotland
• Allan Reid
  Head of Public Relations

24th Meeting

10 October

1. Economy and Fair Work 2025/26
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• Sir David Natzler KCB
  KCB Clerk of the House of Commons 2015-2019, Clerk of Committees 2008-09 and Clerk to the House of Commons Reform Committee (the Wright Committee)
• Angie Palmer
  CEO
2. Economy and Fair Work 2025/26 (in private)

3rd Meeting

09 October

1. Annual report

28th Meeting

08 October

1. Declaration of interests (in private)
2. Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

06 October

17th Meeting

03 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Regional Inequalities and Productivity
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• Jonathon McGeehen
  Procurator Fiscal
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Professor Graeme Roy
  Chair
  Scottish Fiscal Commission
3. Regional Inequalities and Productivity

19th Meeting

20 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Grangemouth’s Industrial Future
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• Gillian Martin
  Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy
  Scottish Government
• Chris Bryceland
  Team Leader Critical Energy Infrastructure
  Scottish Government
• Kenneth MacDermid
  Head of Critical Energy Infrastructure
  Scottish Government
3. Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill
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• Dr Emilia Crighton
  Director of Public Health
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Jane Martin
  Managing Director of Innovation and Investment
  Scottish Enterprise
• Hayley Mearns
  Chief Executive Officer
  Voluntary Action Angus
• Jackie Taylor
  Executive Director Finance and Corporate Resources
  South Lanarkshire Council
4. Grangemouth's Industrial Future
5. Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill

94th Meeting

15 August

9th Meeting

18 July

1. Witness Testimony
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• Chief Constable Debra Collins
  Chemical Engineer
  Department for Work and Pensions
• Douglas Vasquez
  Scottish Government
2. Work programme

3rd Meeting

14 July

1. Public petitions
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure

4th Meeting

11 July

1. # Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Professor Adrian Hunter
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Professor Angie Larson
  Head of Public Relations
• Professor Arnold Houseman
  Lecturer in Social Science
  University of Edinburgh
• Lord Barry Knight
  Officer
  University of Edinburgh
• Chief Constable Brittany Chambers
  Resource Developer
  University of Edinburgh
• Christopher Mckinney
  University of Edinburgh

21st Meeting

24 June

1st Meeting

15 April

79th Meeting

20 February

1. Education (Scotland) Bill (in private)
2. Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
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• Chief Constable Alex Taylor
  Chemical Engineer
  Lews Castle College
• Chief Constable Albert Alexander
  Resource Developer
  HM Treasury
3. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Afrika Priestley
  Lead Anti-Racist and Pro Black Ambassador
  Intercultural Youth Scotland
• Ailsa Garland
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government

86th Meeting

14 January

1. Legacy paper

This is all meetings of Economy and Fair Work Committee held in 2024. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

21st Meeting

14 March

1. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Helen Costello
  Tester
  Helen's test (2)

97th Meeting

30 January

1. Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Eéden Smith
  Managing Director
• Jane Doe
  Chief executive
  Helen's test (2)
2. Legacy paper
Show witnesses
• Lady Entity Test
  The head of eveything
  Caledonian MacBrayne
• Chief Superintendent Test Flynn
  Chief Superintendent
  Scottish SPCA
• Helen Costello
  Tester
• Eva Welch
  Full-Stack Developer
• The Right Hon The Lord Bracadale QC
  chair of the Independent Review of hate Crime Legislation in Scotland
3. Legacy paper
Show witnesses
• Kirsty A Flanagan
  representing CIPA Local Government Directors of Finance (Scotland)
  Argyll and Bute Council,
• Kirsty B Flanagan
  Representing CIPFA Local Government Director of Finance
• Lord Kelly Collins
  Public Works Manager
• Lady Entity Test
  The head of eveything
  Caledonian MacBrayne
4. Legacy paper
Show witnesses
• Helen Costello
  Tester
  Helen's test (2)
• Professor Barbara Cooper
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Ross Fairbairn
  Head of Department
  representing CIPFA Local Government Directors of Finance (Scotland)
• Cooper Costello
  Head of Department
• Professor Felicity-Anne Ableson
  Deputy Chief Advisor
• Lady Entity Test
  The head of eveything
  Caledonian MacBrayne

92nd Meeting

18 January

1. Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Lady Entity Test
  The head of eveything
  Caledonian MacBrayne
• Freddie Battleford
  Test Pilot
• Chief Superintendent Test Flynn
  Chief Superintendent
  Scottish SPCA
• Test Jenkinson
  Access and Countryside Advisor
  Kennel Club

98th Meeting

09 January

1. Annual report
Show witnesses
• Maria Rice
  Director
  Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland

This is all meetings of Economy and Fair Work Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

26th Meeting

25 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Alan McIntosh
  Approved Money Adviser
  Advice Talks Ltd
• Joe McMonagle
  Money Advice Training and Development Officer
  South Lanarkshire Council
• Natalia Mendel
  Money Advice Manager
  Dalkeith & District Citizen's Advice Bureau
3. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-2025 (in private)
5. Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

25th Meeting

04 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-2025
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• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
• Alan Maitland
  Head of Finance, Management Accounting
  Scottish Enterprise
• Stuart Black
  Chief Executive
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Nick Kenton
  Director of Finance and Corporate Services
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Jane Morrison-Ross
  Chief Executive
  South of Scotland Enterprise
• Anthony Daye
  Director of Finance and Corporate Resources
  South of Scotland Enterprise
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
4. Correspondence (in private)
5. Work programme

15th Meeting

17 May

1. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (in private)
2. Annual report (in private)

93rd Meeting

11 May

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Show witnesses
• David Allan
  Chief Vet
• David Smith
• Professor David Battleford
  Pilot
• David Pratt
  Head of Planning and Strategy
  Scottish Government
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure
3. Public petitions
4. Work programme

14th Meeting

10 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Government policy priorities
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• Neil Gray
  Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy
  Scottish Government
• Colin Cook
  Director of Economic Development
  Scottish Government
• Gary Gillespie
  Chief Economist
  Scottish Government
• Nick Young
  Head of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage and Industrial Decarbonisation
  Scottish Government
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
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• Graham Stuart MP
   Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
  UK Government
• Kathryn Aggarwal
  Head of the Track 2 team in (Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage) Directorate
  UK Government
• Jonathan Hoare
  Deputy Director - Clean Growth Directorate
  UK Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Scottish Government policy priorities
6. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

13th Meeting

03 May

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)
2. Correspondence (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

12th Meeting

26 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
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• Màiri McAllan
  Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition
  Scottish Government
• Chris Bryceland
  Energy Infrastructure Team Leade
  Scottish Government
• Catriona Laing
  Deputy Director for Climate Change Division
  Scottish Government
• Andy McCall
  Industrial Just Transition Planning Team Leader
  Scottish Government
• Liam Middleton
  Head of Critical Energy Infrastructure & Commercial Projects
  Scottish Government
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

11th Meeting

19 April

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
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• Professor Jim Skea
  Chair
  Just Transition Commission
• Lang Banks
  Commissioner
  Just Transition Commission
• Elliot Ross
  Head of Just Transition Commission Secretariat
  Scottish Government
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)
3. Disability Employment Gap (in private)

10th Meeting

29 March

1. Disability Employment Gap (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

9th Meeting

22 March

1. Disability Employment Gap
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
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• Heather Buchanan
  Co-founder
  Bankers for Net Zero
• James Close
  Head of Climate Change
  NatWest Group
• Ben Howarth
  Chief Sustainability Officer
  Association of British Insurers
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

8th Meeting

15 March

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
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• Derek Shaw
  Director of Innovation and Place
  Scottish Enterprise
• Mark Munro
  Interim Head of Investment Origination
  Scottish National Investment Bank
• David Ritchie
  Executive Director for Partnerships and Engagement
  Scottish National Investment Bank
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

7th Meeting

08 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
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• Malcolm Bennie
  Director of Place Services
  Falkirk Council
• Adam Gillies
  Community Councillor
  Grangemouth Community Council
• Diarmaid Lawlor
  Associate Director, Place
  Scottish Futures Trust
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area

6th Meeting

01 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
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• Cliff Bowen
  Executive Councillor
  Unite the Union
• Pat Rafferty
  Regional Secretary
  Unite the Union
• Gordon McGuinness
  Director of Industry & Enterprise Networks
  Skills Development Scotland
• Ronnie Palin
  Regional Skills Planning Lead for Central Scotland
  Skills Development Scotland
• Dominic Pritchard
  National Organiser
  GMB Scotland
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
5. Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

22 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
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• Hisashi Kuboyama
  Development Manager for the West
  Federation of Small Businesses
• Liz McAreavey
  Chief Executive of Edinburgh Chambers of Commerce
  Scottish Chambers of Commerce Network
• Michelle Primrose
  Group HR Manager
  Forth Ports
• Stuart Wallace
  Chief Operating Officer
  Forth Ports
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
4. Town centres and retail
5. Correspondence

4th Meeting

08 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Disability employment gap
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• Richard Lochhead
  Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work
  Scottish Government
• Susan Ferguson
  Interim Deputy Director for Complex Mental Health Care
  Scottish Government
• Lewis Hedge
  Deputy Director for Fair Work and Labour Market Strategy
  Scottish Government
3. Disability employment gap

96th Meeting

30 January

1. Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
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• Lady Entity Test
  The head of eveything
  Caledonian MacBrayne

3rd Meeting

25 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Disability employment gap
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• Emma Congreve
  Deputy Director
  Fraser of Allander Institute
• Ashley Ryan
  Director of ENABLE Works
  ENABLE Scotland
3. Disability employment gap
4. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

18 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Budget 2023-24
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• John Swinney MSP
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Colin Cook
  Director of Economic Development
  Scottish Government
• Aidan Grisewood
  Interim Director, Economic Strategy
  Scottish Government
• Kathleen Swift
  Head of Economic Directorate Finance Unit
  Scottish Government
3. National Strategy for Economic Transformation
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• John Swinney MSP
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Colin Cook
  Director of Economic Development
  Scottish Government
• Aidan Grisewood
  Interim Director, Economic Strategy
  Scottish Government
• Richard Rollison
  Director for International Trade and Investment
  Scottish Government
4. Scottish Budget 2023-24
5. National Strategy for Economic Transformation
6. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

1st Meeting

11 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. The outlook for business investment
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• Jonny Clark
  Managing Director
  ITP Energised
• Claire Mack
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Renewables
• Jon O'Sullivan
  Director for Onshore Wind and Solar
  EDF Renewables
• James Reid
  Operations Director
  FES Energy
3. Chief Entrepreneurial Adviser to the Scottish Government
4. The outlook for business investment
5. Chief Entrepreneurial Adviser to the Scottish Government
6. Work programme (in private)

This is all meetings of Economy and Fair Work Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

31st Meeting

21 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
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• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Suzanne Houston
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Alex Reid
  Head of Policy Development
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. The outlook for business investment
Show witnesses
• Carolyn Currie
  Chief Executive
  Women’s Enterprise Scotland
• Stacey Dingwall
  Head of Policy
  Federation of Small Businesses
• Fergus Mutch
  Policy Adviser
  Scottish Chambers of Commerce
• Clare Reid
  Director of Policy and Public Affairs
  Scottish Council for Development and Industry
5. The outlook for business investment

30th Meeting

14 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's economic outlook
Show witnesses
• Professor Jagjit Chadha
  Director
  National Institute of Economic and Social Research
• Emma Congreve
  Deputy Director
  Fraser of Allander Institute
• Susan Murray
  Director
  David Hume Institute
3. Scotland's economic outlook
4. Correspondence
5. Work programme

29th Meeting

07 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition
Show witnesses
• Richard Lochhead
  Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work
  Scottish Government
• Catriona Laing
  Deputy Director for Climate Change Division
  Scottish Government
3. Just Transition

27th Meeting

23 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition Commission
Show witnesses
• Professor Jim Skea
  Chair
  Just Transition Commission
• Elliot Ross
  Head of Just Transition Commission Secretariat
  Scottish Government
3. Just Transition Commission
4. Work programme (in private)

26th Meeting

16 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Fair Work Convention
Show witnesses
• Mary Alexander
  Co-Chair
  Fair Work Convention
• Patricia Findlay
  Co-Chair
  Fair Work Convention
• Helen Martin
  Head
  Fair Work Convention Secretariat
3. Fair Work Convention
4. Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill and Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
5. Town centres and retail (in private)

25th Meeting

09 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
Show witnesses
• Ivan McKee
  Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
  Scottish Government
• David Barnes
  Deputy Director Trade Policy Division
  Scottish Government
• Graeme Cook
  Deputy Director, Procurement Services
  Scottish Government
• Carron Flockhart
  Unit Head, Skills Planning and Sector Engagement
  Scottish Government
• Dermot Rhatigan
  Deputy Director Manufacturing and Industries
  Scottish Government
3. Scotland's supply chain
4. Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill and Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Broadband connectivity

98th Meeting

01 November

1. Legacy paper

28th Meeting

20 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Lady Entity Test
  The head of eveything
  Caledonian MacBrayne
• Freddie Battleford
  Test Pilot
• Chief Superintendent Test Flynn
  Chief Superintendent
  Scottish SPCA
• Test Jenkinson
  Access and Countryside Advisor
  Kennel Club
3. Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland
4. Consideration of continued petitions
5. Work programme

22nd Meeting

05 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Ivan McKee
  Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
  Scottish Government
• Ninian Christie
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Rebecca Winterstein
  Head of Capital Investment
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Ivan McKee
  Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
  Scottish Government
• Geoff Owenson
  Senior Policy Officer
  Scottish Government
5. Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Ivan McKee
  Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
  Scottish Government
• Julie Bain
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
• Alasdair Hamilton
  Procurement Policy Portfolio Manager
  Scottish Government
6. Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Ivan McKee
  Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
  Scottish Government
• Julie Bain
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
• Alasdair Hamilton
  Procurement Policy Portfolio Manager
  Scottish Government
• Leslie Henderson
  Team Leader Food & Drink Regulation and Trade
  Scottish Government
7. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Show witnesses
• Marc Crothall
  Chief Executive Officer
  Scottish Tourism Alliance
• Bryan Simpson
  Industrial Organiser
  Unite Hospitality
• Leon Thompson
  Executive Director
  UKHospitality Scotland
8. Legislation Consent Memorandums
9. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24

2nd Meeting

20 September

6th Meeting

12 September

1. Legacy paper

19th Meeting

07 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Registers of Scotland
Show witnesses
• Jennifer Henderson
  Keeper and Chief Executive of the Registers of Scotland
  Registers of Scotland
• Christopher Kerr
  Registration and Policy Director
  Registers of Scotland
3. Registers of Scotland
4. Scotland's supply chain

4th Meeting

07 September

1. Decision on taking business in private

3rd Meeting

06 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Legacy paper

23rd Meeting

21 July

18th Meeting

29 June

1. Town centres and retail (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

17th Meeting

22 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Broadband connectivity
Show witnesses
• Kate Forbes
  Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy
  Scottish Government
• Clive Downing
  R100 Programme Director
  Scottish Government
• Robert McGhee
  Deputy Director for Digital Connectivity
  Scottish Government
3. Broadband connectivity

24th Meeting

21 June

16th Meeting

15 June

1. Town centres and retail
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Catherine Brown
  Head of Retail and Cities Unit
  Scottish Government
• David Cowan
  Head of Regeneration Unit
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Harry Murray
  Policy Lead
  Registers of Scotland
• Megan Stefaniak
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Town centres and retail (in private)

21st Meeting

02 June

1. Legacy paper
2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets
3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
4. Public petitions
5. Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill (in private)
6. Cross-Party Group - approval
7. Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Calvin Lambert
  Scottish Sports Association
• Lesley Nope
  Senior Business Manager
  Scotland Office
• Kate Harvey
  Consultant
  NHS Lothian
• Inspector Alan Dron
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland
• Professor Kate Brewer
  Attorney
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
8. Legacy paper (in private)

20th Meeting

01 June

1. Decision on taking business in private (in private)
2. Consideration of continued petitions
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Professor Abigail Austin
  Financial Adviser
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
• Afrika Priestley
  Lead Anti-Racist and Pro Black Ambassador
  Intercultural Youth Scotland
4. Transition from Education to Work
5. Work programme (in private)
6. Music Tuition in Schools - witness expenses
7. Declaration of interests
8. Work programme (in private)
9. Brussels Bulletin
10. Public Bodies Consent
11. Section 23 report
12. Scottish Government responses
13. Economic Impact of Leaving the European Union
14. Budget (Scotland) Bill
15. Work programme

15th Meeting

25 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Town centres and retail
Show witnesses
• Douglas Cowan
  Director of Communities and Place
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Bryan McGrath
  Director of Enterprise and Place
  South of Scotland Enterprise
• Derek Shaw
  Director of Innovation and Place
  Scottish Enterprise
and then from:
• Craig Iles
  Service Lead in Planning and Building Standards
  South Ayrshire Council
• Bill Lindsay
  Service Manager Policy and Place in Planning Services
  Fife Council
• Steve Rogers
  Head of Economy and Development
  Dumfries and Galloway Council
3. Town centres and retail
4. Annual report

14th Meeting

18 May

1. Town centres and retail
Show witnesses
• Martin Avila
  Interim Chief Executive
  Community Enterprise in Scotland
• Dr Allison Orr
  Senior Lecturer in Real Estate
  University of Glasgow
• Pauline Smith
  Chief Executive
  Development Trusts Association Scotland
and then from:
• Ian Buchanan
  Equality and Access Manager
  Disability Equality Scotland
• Nicoletta Primo
  Research and Policy Officer
  Sight Scotland
• Adam Stachura
  Head of Policy and Communications
  Age Scotland
2. Evidence Session (in private)

13th Meeting

11 May

1. Town centres and retail
Show witnesses
• Euan Leitch
  Chief Executive
  Scotland's Regeneration Forum
• Stephen Lewis
  Vice-Chair
  Scottish Property Federation
• Craig McLaren
  Director
  Royal Town Planning Institute in Scotland
• Adrian Watson
  Chair
  Association of Town and City Management
2. Public petitions: PE01676
3. Evidence Session (in private)

12th Meeting

04 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Town centres and retail
Show witnesses
• Gillian Crawford
  Managing Director
  Lily Blanche
• Carolyn Currie
  Chief Executive
  Women’s Enterprise Scotland
• Stuart Mackinnon
  Head of Communication and Public
  Federation of Small Businesses
• Dr Peter Mowforth
  Chief Executive
  Indez
and then from:
• Neil Francis
  Managing Director
  Scottish Development International
• Hugh Lightbody
  Chief Officer
  Business Gateway
• Siobhan McDermit
  Team Leader, Digital Trade Services
  Scottish Development International
3. Town centres and retail (in private)
4. Work programme

11th Meeting

27 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Town centres and retail
Show witnesses
• Paul Gerrard
  Campaigns and Public Affairs Director
  The Co-op
• David Lonsdale
  Director
  Scottish Retail Consortium
• Martin Newman
  Member
  KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank
• Maxine Smedley
  Head of Stores
  Boots
and then from:
• Ruth Boyle
  Policy and Parliamentary Manager
  Close the Gap
• Joanne Cairns
  Head of Research
  Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
• Bryan Simpson
  Industrial Organiser
  Unite Hospitality
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme

10th Meeting

20 April

1. Town centres and retail
Show witnesses
• David Grove
  Lead Officer, Town Centre Development Unit
  Fife Council
• Jennifer Hunter
  Executive Leader
  Culture Counts
• Roddy MacDonald
  Director
  Industrial Communities Alliance Scotland
• Phil Prentice
  Chief Officer
  Scotland's Towns Partnership
and then from:
• Danny Cepok
  Development Manager
  Love Oor Lang Toun
• Anthea Coulter
  Chief Officer and Business Manager
  Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface
• Gemma Cruickshank
  Manager
  Embrace Elgin
• Mark Darragh
  Vice-Chair
  ONE Linlithgow
2. Town centres and retail (in private)
3. Scotland's supply chain (in private)

9th Meeting

30 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Town centres and retail
Show witnesses
• Professor Leigh Sparks
  Deputy Principal and Professor of Retail Studies
  University of Stirling
3. Town centres and retail
4. Scotland's supply chain (in private)

8th Meeting

16 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Strategy for Economic Transformation
Show witnesses
• Kate Forbes
  Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy
  Scottish Government
• Colin Cook
  Director of Economic Development
  Scottish Government
• Gary Gillespie
  Chief Economist
  Scottish Government
• Adam Reid
  Deputy Director for Skills
  Scottish Government
3. Scottish National Investment Bank
Show witnesses
• Willie Watt
  Chair
  Scottish National Investment Bank
• Carolyn Jameson
  Board Member
  Scottish National Investment Bank
4. National Strategy for Economic Transformation
5. Scottish National Investment Bank

7th Meeting

09 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Work programme
4. Scotland's supply chain (in private)

5th Meeting

09 February

1. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
2. Scotland's supply chain (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

3rd Meeting

26 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
Show witnesses
• Ivan McKee
  Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
  Scottish Government
• David Barnes
  Interim Deputy Director Trade Policy
  Scottish Government
• George Burgess
  Deputy Director Food and Drink
  Scottish Government
• Lewis Hedge
  Interim Deputy Director, Fair Work and Labour Market Strategy
  Scottish Government
• Dermot Rhatigan
  Deputy Director for Manufacturing and Industries
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Graham Fisher
  Deputy Director Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
• Harry Murray
  Policy Lead
  Registers of Scotland
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Scotland’s supply chain
7. Work programme

This is all meetings of Economy and Fair Work Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

15th Meeting

15 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
Show witnesses
• Professor Iain Bomphray
  Director
  Lightweight Manufacturing Centre
• Professor Keith Ridgway
  Executive Chair
  National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
• Nick Shields
  Head of Business Support Services
  Scottish Enterprise
3. Scotland's supply chain
4. Work programme

14th Meeting

08 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
Show witnesses
• Gordon Banks
  Managing Director
  Cartmore Building Suppliers
•  Stephen Good
  Chief Executive, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
• Bill Ireland
  Chief Executive Director
  Logan Energy
• Stephen Kemp
  Board Member
  Scottish Building Federation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Evidence Session

13th Meeting

01 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
Show witnesses
• Dr John Lee
  Head of Policy and Public Affairs
  Scottish Grocers Federation
• Ewan MacDonald-Russell
  Head of Policy & External Affairs
  Scottish Retail Consortium
• Colin Smith
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Wholesale Association
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Scotland's supply chain

12th Meeting

24 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
Show witnesses
• Richard Ballantyne
  Chief Executive
  British Ports Association
• Bryan Hepburn
  Operations Manager
  DFDS Group
• Kieran Jude Fernandes
  Professor of Operations Management
  Durham Business School
• Maggie Simpson
  Director General
  Rail Freight Group
• Robert Windsor
  Policy & Compliance Manager and Executive Director
  British International Freight Association
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Scotland's supply chain
5. Subsidy Control Bill (UK Parliament Legislation)

11th Meeting

17 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
Show witnesses
• Chris Brodie
  Director of Regional Skills Planning and Sector Development
  Skills Development Scotland
• Marie Hendry
  Depute Director, External Engagement and Partnerships
  Open University
• Paul Little
  Vice-Chair of the College Principals Group
  Colleges Scotland
• Richard McClelland
  Director
  Qualifications for Industry
3. UK Subordinate Legislation
4. Scotland’s supply chain
5. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

10th Meeting

10 November

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Scotland's supply chain
Show witnesses
• Katy Heidenreich
  Supply Chain & Operations Director
  Oil & Gas UK
• Paul Hunter
  Lecturer and Specialist Professional in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
  University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School
• Mark Logan
  Start-up & Scale-up Advisor
  Scottish Government
• Melanie Simms
  Professor of Work and Employment
  University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School
4. Scotland's supply chain

9th Meeting

03 November

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022-2023 (in private)

8th Meeting

27 October

1. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022-2023 (in private)

7th Meeting

06 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Financing the transition to Net Zero
Show witnesses
• Jo Chidley
  Co-Founder
  Beauty Kitchen
• Michael Cusack
  Head of Sustainability & Business Transformation
  ACS Clothing
• John Ferguson
  Managing Director
  Pi Polymer Recycling
• Paul O’Keeffe
  Partner
  Thomas Tosh
• Murray Whittaker
  Director of Projects
  Whittaker Engineering
and then from:
• Simon Crichton
  Head of Relationship Management
  Triodos Bank UK
• David Ovens
  Joint Managing Director
  Archangels
• Fraser Sime
  Regional Director for SME & Mid Corporate
  Bank of Scotland
3. Financing the transition to Net Zero

6th Meeting

29 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Economic recovery
Show witnesses
• Kate Forbes
  Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy
  Scottish Government
• Gary Gillespie
  Chief Economist
  Scottish Government
• Helena Gray
  Interim Director Fair Work, Employability and Skills
  Scottish Government
• Colin Cook
  Director of Economic Development
  Scottish Government
3. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Ivan McKee
  Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
  Scottish Government
• Richard Shearer
  Head of Services Trade Policy
  Scottish Government
• David Maclennan
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Nigel Robinson
  Team Leader, Regulation of Health Professions
  Scottish Government
4. Evidence Session
5. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Work programme

5th Meeting

22 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Economic recovery
Show witnesses
• Charles Hammond
  Chief Executive
  Forth Ports
• Ewan MacDonald-Russell
  Head of Policy & External Affairs
  Scottish Retail Consortium
• Martin Reid
  Director for Scotland and Northern Ireland
  Road Haulage Association
• Andrew Richards
  member of the Construction Scotland Industry Leadership Group
  Construction Scotland
3. Evidence Session

4th Meeting

15 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Economic recovery
Show witnesses
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
• Douglas Colquhoun
  Chief Financial Officer
• Malcolm Roughead
  Chief Executive
  Visit Scotland
and then from:
• Carroll Buxton
  Interim Chief Executive
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Nick Kenton
  Director of Finance and Corporate Service
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Jane Morrison-Ross
  Chief Executive
  South of Scotland Enterprise
• Anthony Daye
  Director of Finance
  South of Scotland Enterprise
4. UK Subordinate Legislation
5. Economic recovery
6. Work programme

3rd Meeting

08 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Employment and skills for recovery
Show witnesses
• Chris Brodie
  Director of Regional Skills Planning and Sector Development
  Skills Development Scotland
• Lisa Pattoni
  Service Development Manager
  Skills Development Scotland
• Mairi Spowage
  Director
  Fraser of Allander Institute
• Nora Senior
  Chair
  Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board
3. Evidence Session
4. Work programme

2nd Meeting

01 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Economic recovery
3. Work programme
4. UK Subordinate Legislation
5. Economic recovery
Show witnesses
• Carolyn Currie
  Chief Executive
  Women’s Enterprise Scotland
• Rose Marley
  Chief Executive
  Co-operatives UK
• Barry McCulloch
  Head of Policy
  Federation of Small Businesses Scotland
• Dave Moxham
  Deputy General Secretary
  Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Charandeep Singh BEM
  Deputy Chief Executive
  Scottish Chambers of Commerce

1st Meeting

23 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Choice of Deputy Convener
4. Legacy paper
5. Decision on taking business in private
6. Work programme

1st Meeting 2021

23 June